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Sen. Orrin Hatch supports efforts in Utah and elsewhere to study the medicinal effects of marijuana, but condemns the federal "regulatory acrobatics" required of researchers studying the plant. "Under current law, those who want to complete research on the benefits of medical marijuana must...

In a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing Wednesday morning, Senator Orrin Hatch made the case for medical marijuana. During the hearing Hatch questioned U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions about a path forward for marijuana research. Hatch made the case that because there is only one...

For an 83-year-old Utah Republican who says he is "strongly against recreational marijuana use," Orrin Hatch has a remarkable command of cannabis-related slang. "It's high time to address research into medical marijuana," Hatch said today in the Senate. "To be blunt, we need to remove the...